Subdeacon Joe Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Interesting quote about coffee. “Just the other day, I was in my neighborhood Starbucks, waiting for the post office to open. I was enjoying a chocolatey cafe mocha when it occurred to me that to drink a mocha is to gulp down the entire history of the New World. From the Spanish exportation of Aztec cacao, and the Dutch invention of the chemical process for making cocoa, on down to the capitalist empire of Hershey, PA, and the lifestyle marketing of Seattle's Starbucks, the modern mocha is a bittersweet concoction of imperialism, genocide, invention, and consumerism served with whipped cream on top.” ― Sarah Vowell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 I bet she's a lot of fun at parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 40 minutes ago, Texas Joker said: I bet she's a lot of fun at parties. You win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 “Pat, I’d like to dump a Vowell, please.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: “Pat, I’d like to dump a Vowell, please.” Damn... Two monitor cleanings in two posts in one thread. That HAS to be a record! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 The Saloonatics are on a roll tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-BAR #18287 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Forwarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I refuse to have anything to do with Starbucks, even though they do have good coffee, I will give them that. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I agree with Capt. Callahan's first nine words, but can't comment on the rest. I never got past the snotty attitude of the help so I've never tasted their breed of yuppie coffee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I wonder if Vowell thought “… and I am conveying this to you on a fantastic device designed by people of a country that attacked the USA and terrorized the peoples of the Pacific. Was built by the the most oppressive and largest country on the planet. Was shipped here via a diesel fuel burning cargo ship. Utilizes towers that are bad for the environment and animal life and send radio signals that may or may not harm life. And I sit in this synthetic building on this synthetic chair wearing my synthetic clothes made from oil and chemicals that are hazardous to the planet after arriving here in my gasoline burning automobile made in the country that designed my cell phone and shipped here by a different cargo ship, all so my smarmy @$$ can sit here and feel superior and smug sipping my drink. Oh look, a coupon! I’ll be back tomorrow for that discount…toodles!” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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